Record #:

16180

Author(s):

Branch, Paul

Abstract:

Historically, defending the coast proved problematic for coastal Carolina. Early Spanish raids on coastal cities of Beaufort and Wilmington prompted the earliest fort construction in the 18th-century. A series of forts, especially focused on the southeast coast, had varying degrees of success protecting these cities from the American Revolution to the World Wars.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 28 Issue 2, Spring 1989, p22-25, il

Subject(s):

Fortifications--North Carolina